Identifying and working to remove barriers to students with accessibility needs that have self-selected not to participate in Co-op at Okanagan College, as well as supporting students already participating was the underpinning focus of this project.
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This project brings together awareness raising of Co-op and WIL, addressing the need for process changes within current Co-op and WIL programs, identification of available student services supports, as well as educating employers on the benefits of diversity in their workforce.
Project Partners:
- Community of Practice Meetings with: SFU, TRU, UBC and UVIC CanWork
- Involved in EDI Advisory Committee meetings on Akanksha Thakur, SFU project.
- Okanagan College collaborated on student survey sent through SFU.
Project Contributors:
Okanagan College Student, Graduate and Co-op Employment Centre & Advisory Committee
- Alison Beaumont
- Erin Pedro
- Paulette Gill
- Cassandra McFarland
- Brenda Naka
- Jewell Gillies
- Gulshanpreet Brar
- Jessica Landau
Okanagan College Accessibility Services
- Samantha Matychuk
- Paula Faragher
- Rhyscia Cerda
- Shannon Kielbauch
Kimberly Zavera- Accessibility Project Marketing Assistant
Leslie Munro- Original Manager of Accessibility project (departed Dec 2020)
Student advisors to project- identity protected for privacy
John Wecels- Public Affairs, graphic designer
Brenda Ridgely- Chair of Office Administration program
Dyani Simon- Chair of Human Service Worker program
Mark Nishihara – Chair of Human Service Worker program
Glendon Wiebe- Counselling Services
Piper Yacheson- formerly Accessibility Services
PACE/ACE Program Instructors
Institutional Learning and Research-Chantale Hutchinson & Ajit Batra
Kristen Diehl- Women in Trades Training
Zoreen Nuraney- SFU
Trish Kelly- Presidents Group
Read Initiative- Carleton University
WorkAble
Dress for Success Kelowna
Lime Connect
Talent Forward
Neil Squire Society